The president of the United States killed children to distract from raping children.

Amazing. This will not be popular even in the reddist parts of the district.

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Tulsi literally sold shirts

"Trump...launched a war that is illegal, ideological, and likely to cost American lives...he said less than a year ago that he had obliterated the very threat he now says justifies the war. He was either lying then, now, or both times." - @tomperriello.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2026/02/sen-...

“Our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate. He’s weak and he’s ineffective.”

TODAY, 2/28/26!

Read it again. We killed 85 schoolgirls this morning.

I have seen no indication there was any immediate threat to Americans. So why did we put troops in harms way and potentially ignite another forever war?

"President Trump's decision to bomb Iran is indefensible. Vague objectives, inflated threat perceptions, and regime-change fantasies threaten to pull the US into a costly war that Americans don't want. The US is barreling toward another Middle East crisis of its own making." - JON HOFFMAN RESEARCH FELLOW iN DEFENSE AND FOREIGN POLICY CATO INSTITUTE

"President Trump's decision to bomb Iran is indefensible. This was not about preempting an imminent threa - it was a strategically misguided power play, with no discernible endgame."

Jon Hoffman
Research Fellow in Defense and Foreign Policy
Cato Institute

Screenshot via @ceej.online of a Department of War tweet saying, in all caps, "OPERATION EPIC FURY" and a flag emoji. sent 12:27am, 2/28/26.

Screenshot of a report from france24.com of a report that 85 girls were killed at a school by a US/Israeli airstrike. Daniel sieradski @self.agency sarcastically comments "the threat has been neutralized, god bless our troops"

This was a hell of a thing to look at first thing today.

Probably shouldn't be surprising that this administration is so mad at girls learning things.

Kaine vows to block potential U.S. war with Iran WASHINGTON (CBS19 NEWS) -- U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine said he will do everything he can to prevent Donald Trump from taking the United States to war with Iran, calling such

Kaine vows to block potential U.S. war with Iran

My most radical constitutional reform idea, once this is all over, is that maybe key cabinet officials--including the Secretary of Defense--should be appointed directly by Congress to ten-year terms so they are not lackeys of the president.

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STATEMENT: BETH MACY ON IRAN STRIKES FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 28, 2026 ROANOKE, VA — Beth Macy for Congress released the following statement on President Trump's strikes on Iran: "President Trump's attack on Iran is a colossal, dangerous blunder that threatens global security, underscores his own ineptitude as a self-proclaimed dealmaker and intends to distract us from his incompetence and corruption. Not coincidentally, this attack comes at the end of a week that saw more bad inflation numbers, more fallout from the Epstein scandal and an incoherent State of the Union speech that flopped before America's eyes. Congress must restrain the president, who is just trying to distract us from the terrible economy and Epstein files by endangering our troops and launching the United States into another forever war in the Middle East. Once again, an unpopular Republican president has led us into a forever war which will only result in devastating consequences for the United States and the world. And Republicans in Congress appear set to fail once again to stand up for the Constitution and rein in this reckless presidency."

"President Trump's attack on Iran is a colossal, dangerous blunder that threatens global security, underscores his own ineptitude as a self-proclaimed dealmaker and intends to distract us from his incompetence and corruption." - @papergirlmacy bluevirginia.us/2026/02/sen-...

Crowd of people, backs turned, looking towards the Mall & the Free Speech Wall in Charlottesville.

Crowd of people, backs turned, looking towards Ting & the Free Speech Wall in Charlottesville.

Big crowd, lots of voices at yesterday's Sing Out! on the DTM.

Seems overdue.

Minnesota 2026 budget forecast shows a $1.3 billion higher projection than in November The budget forecast for Minnesota is set to be released on Friday, with a surplus expected this year but a looming deficit in the years to come.

Good news today in Minnesota.

From school meals, to paid family leave, and a nation-leading child tax credit, we’ve proven we can invest to make Minnesota the best place to raise a family while keeping our state‘s finances strong.

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Wait, you think that having a Secretary of Health and Human Services who is anti-science and anti-vaccine, and spreads death and disease because of his embrace of Internet quackery, is a BAD thing?

Kudos to @sallylhudson.bsky.social as well, who was a pioneer in pushing for this years ago!

The Ranked-Choice-Voting bill introduced by @katrinacallsen.com has now passed the House and needs to be merged with its Senate version!

https://ivn.us/posts/virginia-house-of-delegates-passes-ranked-choice-voting-expansion-2026-02-17

The Handbasket 100% independent journalism by Marisa Kabas

Now that CNN and WBD are set to become state media in a sale to Paramount/Oracle/TikTok, it is especially important to support independent media.

Off the top of my head:

www.thehandbasket.co
404media.co
www.garbageday.email

Add your favorites in the replies. Fuck state-backed media monopolies.

Wanna do something quick and low cost for our community and the Commonwealth?

Breaking news graphic of President Trump with a sly smile. Below, white and yellow text reads, "Breaking: Trump admin to withhold $259 million in Medicaid funding from Minnesota."

Cruelty is the point

We’ve been raising the alarm for weeks about Trump’s attacks on our elections — now we’re getting details about how they might be planning to do it.

Let’s be clear: there’s no national emergency. This is a plot to interfere with the will of voters.

An abomination in Kansas. Probably unconstitutional.

This is the sort of thing that Winsome Earle-Sears would have loved. And she is right in the mainstream of the VA Republican Party.

Albemarle Dems Redistricting Amendment TEACH-IN. Saturday, Feb 28, 10:30-11:30 AM, Northside Library, 707 Rio Rd West. RSVP Appreciated but Drop-ins welcome. https://tinyurl.com/22urf2ne

THIS SATURDAY - Learn about redistricting from the Albemarle Dems. Northside Library, 10:30 - 11:30 AM. RSVP appreciated: tinyurl.com/22urf2ne

This is an awesome public service, and we’re lucky to have it.

Just had to endure one of the most racist, lost cause, tone deaf, ignorant speeches I’ve yet heard on the floor.